Throughout Mar Mikhael, the street, the
buildings, the balconies, the dead spaces, create a certain rhythm, that is
carried through the site designated. Against factors of history, time, and
change, this rhythm is altered by the story of the ghost, by which every
building that exists ends at some point; the ghost is the memory of an
existence, it is the impact that a building leaves on its neighboring building,
it is because of the shared spaces in Mar Mikhael. This mark on the new
building is the coexistence of the new and the old, a reminder of the
ephemeral.
A souk naturally forms itself on the pins
and boards against a big inclined wall, when this is done with, the people of
the souk leave their hangers and pieces of clothes and products on the wall;
consequently this prepares the ambiance for the fashion runway that takes place
on a path along the side. A pool of water forms near one of the entrances and
provides a soothing place for the passers by and the dance school, and when
this water is taken out or evaporated, the plaza it leaves becomes a
performance area.
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| qualitative physical models |
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| "the ghost" : the existing transformations of the surrounding buildings / neighborhood |
